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tleoffetinttagp is in the city and is
attracting- ajgrcnt deal of attention
HoiB a young colored man a mem
oNtfc lOUi fcavalry that took part
in all thetlesperatc fighting- around
Santiago
His name is Benjamin Franklin
and his home is at Bloomington
HI He enlisted at Chickamauga
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last Spring1 and waa sent at once
to the front He was with the 10th
lT S Cavalry on July 1st and was
wounded twice once in the side a
glancing- wound by a bullet and
again near the shoulder blade by a
piece of shell
He still has a bandage on one of
the wounds and has papers show
ing that his story is true
lie was taken on the Olivette to
New York and after remaining
awhile m the hospital was grant
ed a leave of absence on the 8th for
thirty days and given a pass to
come west and visit his uncle
His relative is Wesley Fail cloth
who was recently employed at Capt
S R Whites at Julicn and may be
there yet
Franklin will attempt to find his
uncle and if he fails will return to
Bloomington to spend his furlough
He is a tall slender very black
young fellow and gives a very in
telligent account of his experience
in the battle without appearing- to
be boasful
NORTH CHRISTIAN ITEMS
Several Newsy Hatters Tersely
Told for Our Readers
Pon Ivy 12 The farmers
are very jubilant
rains which will
over the recent
make the corn
crop
The tobacco crop is looking- very
well Mr L B King has beg un to
cut some of the weed
Miss Flora I lord has returned
home from her visit to Hopkins
county
Mr Riley Ilamons and Mrs Net
tie King- were united in marriage at
your city last Thursday It was
Mrs Nettie King- Air Ilamons
married instead of Miss Minnie
King- as reported in your very valu
able paper last week
Mr L 13 King- our merchant
is selling- his stock of goods and
groceries at cost He expects to
go out of business here and intends
to buy and put up tobacco He
has forty acres in tobacco
Mrs Virginia Barnes has not
fully recovered from her sickness
yet
Mr James Qalvin commenced to
teach the public school at Dog wood
Chapel last Monday I like him
as a teacher very well I want to
go every day that Ican
The moonlight at Lee B Kings
last Saturday night was largely at
tended The boys shot several
bullets into the Christian church
and also in the school house
Willie Shelby whom 1 spoke of
as being- bitten by a copperhead
snake is about well He is up and
out Theywhisky and cocldeburr
remedy proved a good one in his
case
The members of thtiGhnistiait
church here expect tocommence
their protracted meeting Vfnethjrd
Sunday in this month
Honey Bui
Bench Warrants Executed
Peter Henderson carrying dead
ly weapons and breach of the
I L pcaqc Tom Davie and Ed Dabney
ip col gaming and JPhn Brinckly
col for maliciously shooting Jennie
jaWBurrctt coj were arrainged on
SAlfcch warrants and put under
bpnli Davje in dcfaulPof bond
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-Evening
retl institute finished- its
last eveninir and adjourn-
IQJP Thursday Aflernoon
Oral Geography When to Begin
What it Embraces How to Begin
13tc was discussed by many
teachers and closed most excellent
ly by Prof C C Monroe
Kentucky History L McRey
nolds S R Driver1 Miss Rogers
United States History J II
Anglin J W Bass E Poston J
II Jetton Miss Ora Robinson Miss
Vaso Russell closed by Prof C C
Monroe
A number of trustees being- pros-
cut the Superintendent lectured
along- the line of their duty
Friday was g ala day
One hundred teachers filled their
seats and held a lively and interesting-
session
The program was amply execut
ed and teachers all manifested
much delight in the work t
Prof C C Monroe as a conduc
tor certainly has no superior and
few equals The unanimous voice
of the Christian County Teachers
testifies to the appreciation of his
inestimable worth as an educator
The teachers now shook a parting-
hand and the Superintendent
bade them good bye until next Insti
tute
The teachers are leaving- the
city some to begin school Monday
ENTERTAINED LAST EVENING
Little Miss Susie Hord Entertains
With a Doll Party
At the residence of her parents
on South Virg inia Street MissSusie
Hord entertained at a Doll Party
yesterday afternoon from four to
six Fruit ices and cakes were
served Following- are tne names
ol the little girls present
Annie Forbes Frances Summers
May Nash Ellen McClendon Bes
sie Ware Jean Goldthwaite Estelle
Bassett Annie and Willie Buffalo
Helen and Hazel Roper and Mabel
Brown Louisville
SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW
Bullet Hole Found in M R
Blythes Store
A bullet hole was this
found in the large plate glass win
dow of M R Blythes grocery store
on Virginia street Investigation
showed that it traversed the length
of the store and- after passing
through the back door dropped to
the ground It was lired some time
during the night
Very Best Service Will be Given
It is the desire of the C O to
have nothing but the best car ser
vice and the beautiful vestibuled
train to be used August 16th and
please the most factidious The
run made with this excursion last
year was the quickest on record
and equally as good time may be
expected this year which makes
this trip void of Hie tedious perplex
ities encountered so often
TWO SMALL FINES
In the County Court This Horn
ing One to Workhouse
Walter Alexander col was tried
in county court on a warrant
charging trespass and given 32
days in the workhouse
Walter Southern col for breach
of the peace was fined 250 Sat
isfied
John Carr col for trespassing
on G W Winfrees farm was fined
one cent and costs
Win Farrer col for disturbing
lecture lecture at Lafayette was
lined 250 and costs Satisfied
Tom Rodman at the Front
Mr Thos W Rodman who is a
soldier in the
Louisville Legion
was in the part of the regiment that
arrived this week in Porto Rico
and was sent to the interior to re
inforce Gen Schwan The thcr
Hopkinftvijle boys are on the sea
Country Watermelons
Some very fine watermelons arc
now coming into thu city and arc
getting cheap enough for all to eat
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From Union County Tliat Bents
All Records
If This Report Is True It Is Hard
to Find a More Revolting
Crime in History
John Ed Gurry of Sullivan Un
ion County was arrested Tuesday
at Dixon Webster county He lias
heen indicted on the charge of crirn
inal assault Wether with two
other prominent young men of Web
ster county and was placed under
5000 bond The facts alleged are
of the most revolting- nature and
have aroused the community and
county to a pitch of excitement and
will call for speedy justice if the
charges be true That which
seems to confirm the suspicion is
the sudden disappearance of the
two other young- men from their
homes
It is alleged that Dr Curry Chas
Sullivan and Porter Montgomery
sat up with a corpse in Webster
county and while attending to that
solemn duty succeeded in getting a
young woman of the household
named Brazellc in a drunken stupor
by means either of drugsorwhisky
and thereupon made a criminal as
sault upon her Whether they suc
ceeded in outraging her is not stat
ed though that is the current ru
mor The girl is but 15 years old
and is said to have borne a good
reputation
All of the accused are of pronii
ncntfamilies and Dr Curry has but
recently graduated and started to
practice Officers have been on
the track of the two missing men
THEE WIVES CLAIM HIM
Charges Against Rev Reynolds of
the Fifth Illinois
Springfield Ills Aug 13 A
few days ago the press dispatches
announced the marriage at
manga of Rev J F Reynolds of
Denver Col and Miss Alice K
Lamed of Ann Arbor Mich a
nurse at the Leiter hospital Later
a sensation was caused here by the
announcement that the groom is
none other than Rev J F Rey
nolds of Riverton this county who
joined the Fifth Illinois Infantry
and went to Chickamauga leaving
behind him a young wife to whom
he was married only a few months
ag o In connection with this an
nouncement came the further state
ment that Reynolds has another
wife and three little children living
at Green Mountain Falls Col
PERSONAL GOSSIP
Miss BennieColeman of Howell is
shopping in the city to day
Mrs J T Smith left for Mortons
Gap this morning to visit relatives
Mrs A G Boales and Miss
Bernice Ilarned went to Cerulean
to spend a week
Misses Madge and Nellie Bot
tomley of Louisville are spending
this week with Mrs L II McKee
on South Main
Mr Hugh who has been the
guest of Mr J M Adams for sev
eral weeks will leave for his home
in Madisonvillc to morrow
Miss Catherine Feland of Owcns
boro who has been here sometime
visiting Capt Jno Felaild Jr and
family returned home thismorning
Will Leave Wednesday
Lexington Ivy August 13 The
Fourth Regiment Kentucky Infan
try which was ordered to pVoceGVl
to Camp Cuba Libre near Jackson
ville Fla and report to General
Fitzhugh Lee will leave Lexington
next Wednesday afternoon on a
Oueciuand Crescent special The
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for the price of the stamps To
absent minded depositors they are
a great convenience as the stamp
is BOlpcatcd that it is cancelled in
filling it put
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Tailoring In by Fowright Pant
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Sonic of the Remarks Made
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Closing
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Am Tob 1 31
Chicago Gas 1 00
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Chicago KccoiplR To day
106 Cars
582 Cars
Oats 393 Cars
Hogs 11000
Cattle 100 Head
ICM limited Itecolptft To morrow
Wheat 100 Cars
Cojrn 540pars
Oais r 425 Cars
II ok JMurlcot
Hogs To day
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Wheat aiuf Flour Exp 765000 bus
Piano Recital Monday Night
At the colored M 13 Church Mon
daynight there will be a piano re
cital by MisH Sallic Moore Jones of
New York who will leach music in
the city this fall he is oneof the
most accomplished muaicians of her
race who has over been in Hopkins
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The announcement is made that
the HblKWSVILLE IVJENTUCKIAN Will
not be issued as a daily after this
Week For a number of years tiic
Kkntuckian lias been one ol the
best semi weeklies in Kentucky
and was even brighter as a daily
infusing new life into the journalis
tic field at Hopkinsvillc and prov 1
ing very clearly that the old busi
ness adage cPmetition is theMife
of trade is trucClarksville
Times
The Hopkinsvillc Daily Kkn
tuckian will suspend publication
this week the editor announcing
that while he has found it a suc
cessful experiment from a financial
standpoint he personally prefers
a branch of thenewspaperbusiness
that is less confiningnnd laborious
and will continue his Bemi wcekly
It is indeed a mistake to assume the
daily newspaper role without tak
ing confining and laborious work
intoconsidcrationOwensboro Mes
senger
The Hopkins ville Kkntuckian
has discontinued its daily edition
which was started when the war
commenced Editor Meachamstates
that he njade mopey but there was
loo much work about it Few peo
ple know the amount of work it
takes to make a good daily news
paper and there are even men in
the business that have failed to
learn the lesson Owcnsboro In
quirer
Editor Mcacham of the
VILLK IVENTUCKIAN is to
Hopkins-
tinue his war daily this week No
doubt he realizes now that 1 he work
on a daily newspaper is far differ
ent from that on a semi weekly
There is also a slight difference in
the money involved Henderson
Gleaner
The IIoiKiNsviLru Kkntuckian
announces that it will discontinue
its darly edition after this week
Charley Meacham believes there is
something better than liard work
and mere glory in journalism Elk
ton Progress
The Hopkinsvillc Daily Ken
tuckian Will discdntinue publica
tion This is the natural result of
commonsense reflection over en
thusiasm Madisonvillc Mail
TO DAYS MARKET REPORT
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Vallejo Cal Aug 13 Special
Rear Admiral Kirkland com
mandant of the Mare Island navy
yard died this evening
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BEAK ADMIKAI KinKLAND
Rearjvdmiral W A Kirkland
was appointed from North Carolina
July 2s1850r made a midshipman
June 20 1858 Lieutenant March 18
1859 LiQUteiiant Commander July
16 1862 Commander March 2 1869
Captain April 1888 Commodore
June 12 1893 and Rear Admiral
March 1 1895
He would have been placed on the
retired list on the 2d of last month
were it not for the present war
He has been anxious to retire from
active duty as he had purcKasfcti a
home at San Diego where hef Jiad
intended to make his home when
placed on th retired HjJt
He served at seafpght months
as Rear Admiral total sea service
23 years and 9 months shore or
other duty 16 years 8 months At
the time of his death he was Cqin
mandant of the Marc Island Nayjv
Yard He whb well known on the
Pacilic coast and popular atnbng
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REAR ADMIRAL KIRKLAND
He is Making a Heroic Fight for
Life Against the Grim Reaper
Vallejo Cal Aug 13 Rear Ad
miral Kirklnnds condition shows
slight improvement and his physi
cians say he has a fighting chase
for his life Commander J J Brice
who has recalled from the retired
list during the continuation of hos
tilities with Spain is in command
of the navy yard during Admiral
Kirklands illness
KICSULTS OP YESTERDAYS GAMES
Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 3 y
Bositon 8 Cleveland 2
New York 4 Chicago 3
Philadelphia 5 St Louisr2
HOW THEY STAND
Clubs Wor
Cincinnati d6
Boston 62
Cleveland 59
Baltimore 53
New York 54
Chicago 54
Pittsburg 50
Philadelphia 44
Brooklyn 36
Louisville 36
Washington 33
St Louis 29
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35 639
37 615
38 582
43 557
45 545
44 532
48 478
58 -373
61- 371
60 - 355
70 293
SCHEDULE FOR TO DXY
Louisville at Washington
Pittsburg at Baltimore
Cleveland at Boston
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
Chicago at New York
St Louis at Philadelphia
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are taking the crops of this
county Some of the cornfields are
stripped of every blade ot fodder
ana much of the corn in the ear is
completely ruined CIovca
are a total loss to the farmers also
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